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- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
not dry, and if lightning strikes, act very quickly.” By ensuring that a forest is not dry, Gupta means companies should make sure they are perceived positively before a crisis occurs. The Transportation... View Details
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Hidden Workers, Part-Time Potential - Managing the Future of Work
Untapped Talent By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines 4 OCT 2021 Increased reliance on technology and changing demographics have shaped the way that companies hire. Hiring processes are designed to find... View Details
- March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Teaching Note
Group Functions at the Maersk Group
By: David J. Collis
In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Productivity Implementing Strategy Featured Exercises Create a customer journey map to discover complementary products and services Establish an employee journey map to find ways to improve the employee experience Develop a value map for your View Details
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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
2017 (Revised Apr 2018) HBS Case Collection The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016 by Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Toyin J. Okanlawon Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone... View Details
- April 2021
- Case
Codecademy: Where to Next?
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Max Mailman and Sarah Ascherman
In March 2020, Zach Sims, co-founder and CEO of online education platform Codecademy, prepared for a meeting with his Chief of Staff Kunal Ahuja to discuss the company’s goals. Codecademy billed itself as the largest online resource for computer science literacy and... View Details
Keywords: Monetization Strategy; Business Model; Change Management; Venture Capital; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Teams; Marketing Channels; Product Marketing; Network Effects; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Max Mailman, and Sarah Ascherman. "Codecademy: Where to Next?" Harvard Business School Case 821-093, April 2021.
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
change. Encouraging self-organizing networks to let them investigate whatever they want to through company channels can produce new business ideas, as IBM found in the early days of virtualization. When... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Frequently Asked Questions - Health Care
explore additional ways of getting involved. Join the Health Care Club and attend events at HBS and around the University, such as speaker series, industry conferences, networking events, and social activities Attend any of the 200 health... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
conclusions about the costs of hiding information carry implications for individuals and companies alike. It turns out that who benefits from disclosing information has everything to do with how they reveal it. Match Game In What Hiding... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Oct 2021
- News
Apollo Hires Legendary Banker Bill Lewis (MBA 1982) to Boost Top Ranks
article announcing the move in Bloomberg. Before that, he spent 24 years at Morgan Stanley, becoming the firm's first African-American managing director in 1989. Lewis was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Harvard Management View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
are you won’t ever learn how to pull off a triple bypass. And yet, in business, companies routinely expect employees to pick up new job knowledge through vicarious learning—through reading descriptions of tasks in knowledge-management... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
mobilized to accomplish. Reassess available resources. The relaunch is a time to reexamine information, budgetary resources, and networks that will help the team advance its goals. Understand members’ constraints. A relaunch is an ideal... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2020
- Case
Uber at a Crossroads (2017)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Customer Satisfaction; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Price; Profit; Revenue; Investment; Government Legislation; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Wages; Lawfulness; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Attitudes; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Transportation Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Uber at a Crossroads (2017)." Harvard Business School Case 721-376, September 2020.
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
Applitek 1988 Cofounds Sigma Network Systems 1991 Founds Nu-Link, Inc. 1996 Cofounds NetCore Systems 2000 Cofounds Starent Networks 2007 Starent Networks IPO 2009 Cisco buys... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online
or aspiring entrepreneur looking to grow your startup company or a strategist interested in introducing innovation ideas to your organization. A course about entrepreneurship and innovation will teach you how to assess new business... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
organizations who have a deep sense of purpose and are true to their core values who have the courage to build their companies to meet the needs of all their stakeholders, and who recognize the importance of their service to... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
be added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events and other networking opportunities. Description of silent animated video above: Learner types an answer in... View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
invested in the rural areas based on the company's participation in the government-mandated "Connect Every Village" project, China Mobile took advantage of this foundation and created new products and value-added services in order to make its mobile phone... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
Simmons & Company, an investment banking firm specializing in the oil field service industry. "It's a fascinating industry that encompasses all the businesses that manufacture a product or provide a service that is used by oil companies... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 14 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
After receiving my degree in Mechanical Engineering at Boston University, I lived in Austin, Texas for 2 years while working at Amazon. I held a role as an engineering project manager launching new transportation warehouses. As an... View Details